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Make People Better

The untold story of the world's first genetically designed babies.

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  • The Revolution
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A Rhumbline Media Documentary

A GENETIC CODE

controls all of life.

It shapes

WHO WE ARE

WE NOW HAVE THE POWER

to rewrite that code.

WHO CONTROLS THAT POWER

will control our future.

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A Chinese biophysicist disappears after developing the first designer babies, shocking the world and the entire scientific community, but an investigation shows he may not have been alone in his experiment to create "better" human beings.

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It’s a whole new era…The goal is to be able to change [our genome] as radically as our understanding permits.

George Church
Harvard Medical School

Behind the Film

The creative team behind the film includes the celebrated writer Mark Monroe, of The Cove (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2010) and Icarus (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017) and Academy Award winning executive producer Geralyn White Dreyfous. Greg O'Toole is a documentary film editor and writer whose feature documentaries have screened at festivals around and since 2011 have been nominated for 8 National Emmy's, including for Best Editing and Best Documentary. Award winning director Cody Sheehy and CRISPR scientist S. Kiani filmed for three years in the United States and China documenting the story of the first genetically enhanced human babies.

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The Genomic Revolution

The impacts of gene editing on society and the environment may outpace even climate change. International scientific communities recognize that the social, ethical, and medical benefits (and risks) of gene editing technologies such as CRISPR and Zinc Finger Nuclease need to be better understood by the public.

What are the implications?

The Revolution

Happenings

Review: A Fascinating Look At The Ethics Surrounding Human Genome Modification

May 6, 2022 By Cody Sheehy

A “must see” film at HotDocs

April 28, 2022 By Cody Sheehy

Offcial Selection of HotDocs International Film Festival

April 9, 2022 By Cody Sheehy

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